Continue to promote the strengths of high-quality vocational schools

Highlights of vocational training

Vocational College No. 4 – Ministry of National DefenseCurrently stationed in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces, it is one of 45 high-quality schools according to Decision 761/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.

After more than 30 years of construction and development, from a young unit with a small force, poor and outdated facilities, the School has now grown into an educational and training institution with a system of modern facilities and equipment, and a leading training scale in the system of military vocational schools in the Central region.

Colonel Nguyen Truong Son at the meeting between the Prime Minister and outstanding teachers and managers. Photo: PV

Currently, the school performs the functions and tasks of recruiting and training 21 technical, health and medical majors and professions (07 professions reaching international, ASEAN and national levels) and providing job consultation and referrals for demobilized soldiers and police; policy beneficiaries according to Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP; Decision No. 53/QD-TTg.

The school also trains high-quality human resources to serve the economic and social development of the locality and the whole country, trains grassroots medical staff for Laos, classes in pharmacy, village medicine and vocational skills for military drivers in Military Region 4. The school's training scale is from 12,000 - 12,500 students/year.

Car driving training at Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense. Photo: PV

To improve the quality of training, in recent years the school has focused on training its management staff and teachers. Thanks to that, up to now, the school's management staff and teachers are basically masters, engineers and skilled workers, who have been trained systematically at universities inside and outside the military such as: Military Technical Academy, Hanoi University of Science and Technology... In addition, 100% of management staff and teachers meet the standards of vocational education teachers.

Over the years, many teachers of the school have been awarded many noble titles, including 3 teachers who were awarded the title of Excellent Teacher by the President; 30 teachers are excellent teachers at the Ministry of National Defense level; many teachers won second and third prizes at the "Bright Youth in the Army" contest; Vocational Education Teachers' Teaching Competition. The school also won first prize in the collective Competition of teachers of vocational training institutions in the Army and many achievements in teaching competitions, competitions at the provincial level (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An), the whole army and the whole country...

With synchronous solutions, closely following reality, the training results of the School have been increasingly improved. In the past 10 years, the School has continuously had many students participating in provincial and national vocational skills competitions and achieved many outstanding achievements. Among them, 1 student was recognized as a typical representative of vocational training institutions nationwide in 2021; 03 students won second and third prizes at the National Vocational Skills Competition in 2019; 2017; 2015.

Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung came to work with the school. Photo: PV

An even greater achievement is that over 90% of students in technical majors have jobs after graduation, and are highly appreciated by businesses, employers and society. The quality and training environment have created a prestigious brand for the school to attract students with a training scale of 12,000 to more than 12,500 students/year and is one of the schools with the leading training scale in the Army vocational education sector and the Central region; actively contributing to training human resources for the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country and the development of the local economy and society.

With its efforts and endeavors, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense has been awarded many noble awards by the State, ministries, branches and localities such as Second Class Labor Medal (2013), First Class Labor Medal (2018), Emulation Flag of the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs; Emulation Flag of the Ministry of National Defense; Emulation Flag of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee and many Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of National Defense, People's Committees of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Military Region 4.

Honor and responsibility

In 2021, an honor came to the school when Colonel Nguyen Truong Son - Party Secretary, Principal of the school was one of 10 outstanding teachers representing the team of professional teachers to attend the meeting and conversation betweenPrime MinisterPham Minh Chinh with representatives of outstanding teachers and educational managers in the Education sector in 2021 on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day.

Integrated competition of Automotive Technology by lecturers from Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense. Photo: MH

Through this discussion, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son and some representatives of the vocational education sector also proposed a number of issues regarding mechanisms and policies for vocational training activities, including for demobilized soldiers and police, workers from ethnic minorities, mountainous areas, and disadvantaged areas...

Colonel Nguyen Truong Son spoke at the meeting. Photo: PV

Colonel Nguyen Truong Son was also the only representative of the vocational education sector of military schools present at this ceremony. This is both an honor and recognition from the State for individuals and the school after more than 30 years of construction and development, but along with that is a great responsibility to continue to build Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense to become stronger and stronger.

In the current context, the immediate task of the school is to build a modern, standardized, and formal school, fulfilling the criteria of a high-quality school. The school also does a good job of training 3 to 4 key occupations to reach international and ASEAN levels, promoting and expanding occupations according to social needs and generating revenue for the school.

Previously, in his position as Party Secretary and Principal of the school, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son also highlighted the role of the school leader. Therefore, based on the practical tasks of the unit, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son proposed many policies and measures to lead, direct, and overcome difficulties; build the school to develop comprehensively; create breakthrough changes, develop scale, have many policies and solutions to improve training quality; combine training with job counseling at home and abroad, bringing practical benefits to learners and employees; gradually affirm the brand and reputation of the school.

In the professional field, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son has also directly edited and organized the compilation of 20 textbooks, 37 training programs in key industries and occupations approaching international, regional and national levels and has been approved for printing and training. He actively participated in military science information work, wrote articles and published 08 scientific articles in prestigious magazines inside and outside the military: Military Science Magazine, Military School Magazine, Vocational Education Science Magazine...

At the same time, he has presided over 01 ministerial-level project; 03 provincial-level and sectoral projects; 10 technical innovation initiatives have been accepted and effectively applied in the training activities of the School and vocational training institutions inside and outside the military. He has presided over the development of projects and plans for the School's development and international cooperation: Project for Vocational College No. 4/BQP; Project for building a high-quality school by 2020; ODA7 Project Phase II; Project for Innovation and Development of Vocational Training in the period 2013 - 2020... In 2017, Colonel Nguyen Truong Son was honored to be awarded the title of Excellent Teacher by the President.